Coffee BreakCoffee Break: For the Class of 2020Anna Weggel • May 19, 2020If you are a graduating senior this year, we want to give you well wishes and acknowledge that you're going through a unique and tough experience with the disruption of your last year.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: 24 hours no pandemicAnna Weggel • May 18, 2020Use your imagination! Let's just say that there's no pandemic happening for 24 hours. How would you spend those 24 hours? Let us know in your song suggestions for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Sounds Like HomeAnna Weggel • May 15, 2020We're so excited for the start of Sounds Like Home -- three days of virtual performances celebrating Minnesota musicians, brought to you by The Current. It starts today at 2 pm and goes through Sunday afternoon. In the meantime, tell us, what musicians that are performing in Sounds Like Home do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: May the 4th be with youAnna Weggel • May 4, 2020It's May the 4th - the unofficial holiday celebrating the Star Wars franchise. It's a pun on the famous line "May the force be with you" and it was allegedly coined by Margaret Thatcher's followers in 1979. Wow! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that a fan of Star Wars might love?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: International Workers' DayAnna Weggel • May 1, 2020May 1 is International Workers' Day - a celebration of laborers and the working classes. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for the working class?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: International Jazz DayAnna Weggel • Apr 30, 2020It's International Jazz Day! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what jazz songs do you want to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Libraries, books and readingAnna Weggel • Apr 29, 2020We're excited about a new podcast for families launching today from APM starring Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton - "Julie's Library". Also last week was National Library Week, and so many libraries in the Twin Cities are doing e-book rentals and curbside pickup. So it's got us in the mood for books. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention libraries, books and reading?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Here comes the rain againAnna Weggel • Apr 28, 2020Showers and thunderstorms are likely in Minnesota today with a high of 53 expected so we want to put a playlist together for you of cold and rainy songs -- hopefully you can get a nap in at some point today. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for a rainy day?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Recovery anthemsAnna Weggel • Apr 27, 2020The New York Times reports that NYC hospitals have started picking their preferred recovery anthems to play as discharged patients roll out the doors. Let's come up with our own list of recovery anthems today. What would you want to hear if you were leaving the hospital?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Friday flowersAnna Weggel • Apr 24, 2020Spring is here, we're looking at a high of 65 in the Twin Cities today and sun throughout the weekend, so let's all make sure to get outside and (hygienically, from a distance) stop and smell the flowers. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention flowers of any type?